Russian Billionaire Installs Anti-Photo Yacht Shield

A Russian billionaire has installed a special anti-photo shield to thwart paparazzi and curious onlookers on his 557-foot boat, called the Eclipse. While the price tag was supposed to be settled at something substantially lower, the cost of the yacht has ballooned to $1.2 billion, with additions like two helipads, two swimming pools, a mini sub, and missile-proof windows.

If that sounds more or less standard for your billion-dollar yacht, there’s one more addition to get you drooling: Roman Abramovich also requested that a special shield, activated by a guard as necessary, be installed to keep some semblance of privacy in crowded areas. (How about a slightly smaller yacht? That might help, too.) The expensive shield uses lasers to sweep the area and picking up CCDs, then shooting a bolt of light to destroy the photo. Friend and family can still take pictures when the special shield is shut off, though.

This guy is absolute royalty. seriously, what’s different from the life he lives and the lives of kings of yore’…or even today? They say he has mansions but they actually palaces (not castles), but palaces non the less.